Bitcoin Mining Pool F2Pool: A Case Study on Transaction Filtering based on US Sanctions
Bitcoin is known for its anti-censorship nature and immunity against unwarranted regulations. Yet, a new study reveals that F2Pool, a leading Bitcoin mining pool, has been selectively filtering transactions in line with sanctions set by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). This is a stark contradiction to Bitcoin’s ethos that anyone can make transactions provided they can pay the network fees. The disclosure was made by an anonymous Bitcoin developer, 0xB10C, who discovered six transa
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